Trump launches tweet attack on Blumenthal

Updated 9:16 am, Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, speaks briefly at the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event in downtown Milford, Conn. on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, speaks briefly at the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event in downtown Milford, Conn. on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

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Probes into Russia, Trump campaign

An FBI investigation and congressional probes into the Trump campaign and contacts with Russia continue to shadow the administration, each new development a focus of White House press briefings and attention on Capitol Hill. President Donald Trump has dismissed the story as "fake news" and raised allegations of politically inspired spying by the Obama administration, but the investigations show no sign of abating anytime soon. Here's a look at some key details less

An FBI investigation and congressional probes into the Trump campaign and contacts with Russia continue to shadow the administration, each new development a focus of White House press briefings and attention on ... more

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Probes into Russia, Trump campaign

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for more than two hours during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for more than two hours during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about his role in the firing of James Comey, his Russian contacts during the campaign and his decision to recuse from an investigation into possible ties between Moscow and associates of President Donald Trump.

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Probes into Russia, Trump campaign

May 16, 2017: A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Comey wrote a memo after the Feb. 14 meeting with the president that said Trump had asked him to shut down the FBI investigation into Flynn. The person had seen the memo but was not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. The White House denies the account. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of a House oversight panel, vows to get copies of any memos Comey wrote about meetings with Trump, tweeting: "I have my subpoena pen ready."

Trump tweets that Comey "better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!"

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Trump tweets that Comey "better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!"

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Probes into Russia, Trump campaign

On May 11, 2017: Trump, in an NBC interview, says he had been intending to fire Comey — whom he derided as a "showboat" and "grandstander" — for months. He denies it had anything to do with the Russia investigation, but also says: "In fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story."

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Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Before being was fired by U.S. President Donald Trump, Yates had warned the White House about contacts between former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russia that might make him vulnerable to blackmail.

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FBI DirectorJames Comey tells Congress in that an investigation examining Russian interference in the presidential election, and potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, began in late July.

The White House fired National Security Advisor Michael Flynn after concluding that he had not been truthful about conversations with Russian diplomats.

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The White House fired National Security Advisor Michael Flynn after concluding that he had not been truthful about conversations with Russian diplomats.

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Trump launches tweet attack on Blumenthal

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President Donald Trump is attacking Sen. Richard Blumenthal for criticizing his firing of FBI Director James Comey.

The Connecticut Democrat appeared on MSNBC and CNN Wednesday morning. On CNN, Blumenthal said that the firing had prompted a "looming constitutional crisis."

Trump tweeted Wednesday that he was watching Blumenthal speak, calling it a "joke." He criticized Blumenthal for past statements that he served in Vietnam, saying he "would talk of his great bravery and conquests in Vietnam - except he was never there."

Trump said that Blumenthal "cried like a baby" when caught and that he should be investigated.